Ezekiel 18:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A man -- he hath not oppressed, A pledge he hath not bound, And plunder he hath not taken away, His bread to the hungry he hath given, And the naked he covered with a garment,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 18:7 : 7 A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,
  • Luke 11:41 : 41 But what ye have give ye `as' alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.
  • Luke 14:13 : 13 but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,
  • Job 22:7 : 7 Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
  • Job 31:19 : 19 If I see `any' perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
  • Prov 22:9 : 9 The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
  • Prov 25:21 : 21 If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.
  • Prov 31:20 : 20 Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy.
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it. 2 Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.
  • Isa 58:7-9 : 7 Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself? 8 Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee. 9 Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, `Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity, 10 And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness `is' as noon.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 18:5-13
    9 verses
    96%

    5And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

    6On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, And the wife of his neighbour defiled not, And to a separated woman cometh not near,

    7A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,

    8In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.

    9In My statutes he doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept -- to deal truly, Righteous `is' he, he surely liveth, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

    10And -- he hath begotten a son, A burglar -- a shedder of blood, And he hath made a brother of one of these,

    11And he all those hath not done, For even on the mountains he hath eaten, And the wife of his neighbour he hath defiled,

    12The afflicted and needy he hath oppressed, Plunder he hath taken violently away, A pledge he doth not return, And unto the idols he hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination he hath done!

    13In usury he hath given, and increase taken, And he liveth: he doth not live, All these abominations he hath done, He doth surely die, his blood is on him.

  • Ezek 18:17-18
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    82%

    17From the afflicted he hath turned back his hand, Usury and increase he hath not taken, My judgments he hath done, In My statutes he hath walked, He doth not die for the iniquity of his father, He doth surely live.

    18His father -- because he used oppression, Did violently Plunder a brother, And that which `is' not good did in the midst of his people, And lo, he is dying in his iniquity.

  • Ezek 18:15
    79%

    15On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, The wife of his neighbour he hath not defiled,

  • Job 22:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

    7Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

  • Isa 58:7
    78%

    7Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?

  • Deut 24:17
    75%

    17`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

  • Job 24:10
    75%

    10Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.

  • Isa 33:15
    74%

    15Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,

  • Job 31:19
    74%

    19If I see `any' perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,

  • Ezek 33:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15(The pledge the wicked restoreth, plunder he repayeth,) In the statutes of life he hath walked, So as not to do perversity, He surely liveth -- he doth not die.

    16None of his sin that he hath sinned is remembered to him, Judgment and righteousness he hath done, He doth surely live.

  • 1 Sam 12:4
    74%

    4And they say, `Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.'

  • Jas 2:15
    73%

    15and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

  • Job 20:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18He is giving back `what' he laboured for, And doth not consume `it'; As a bulwark `is' his exchange, and he exults not.

    19For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.

  • Prov 22:22
    73%

    22Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

  • Zech 7:10
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    10And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

  • Deut 10:18
    72%

    18He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.

  • Deut 24:12-14
    3 verses
    72%

    12`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

    13thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.

    14`Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

  • Job 31:17
    72%

    17And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

  • Jer 22:3
    72%

    3Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

  • Lev 19:15
    72%

    15`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

  • Jer 7:6
    72%

    6Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,

  • Isa 3:7
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    7He lifteth up, in that day, saying: `I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people.'

  • Ps 15:5
    72%

    5His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

  • Ezek 24:22
    72%

    22And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.

  • Ezek 22:29
    72%

    29The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed -- without judgment.

  • Prov 6:30
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    30They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,

  • Job 24:7
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    7The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.

  • Exod 22:25-26
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    25`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

    26if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:

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    6`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

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    14`And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;

  • Jer 22:16
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    16He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then `it is' well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Exod 22:11
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    11an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;

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    6`None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it `is' he is taking in pledge.

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    9The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

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    2To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.